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(Created page with "== Scope == Sometimes {{t|ru}} doesn't expand out far enough: {{Example|Bủ shỏe nháo fâ jí ru súq ní rào baq lỏachaq da.|They don't permit that me and you come here on Sundays.}} Maybe we wanted this sentence to mean: “I'm not allowed, and you're not allowed”. But as-is it only says that ''us both going'' here on Sundays is disallowed, because {{t|ru}} expands into the {{Tone|5}} scope. Prenex-rephrasing of such a sentence can be clunky. We might t...") |
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{{Example|Gẻone hı mí Mẻrı {{orange|eru}} mí Jẻıny moq?|How old are Mary and Jane?<br><em>(How old is Mary, and how old is Jane?)</em>}} | {{Example|Gẻone hı mí Mẻrı {{orange|eru}} mí Jẻıny moq?|How old are Mary and Jane?<br><em>(How old is Mary, and how old is Jane?)</em>}} | ||
== era, ero…? == | |||
I don't think these are as useful (which is why I deleted {{t|eaı}}). | |||
If {{t|erV}} connects illocution acts, then {{t|era…da}} would mean “I hereby assert this OR I hereby assert that, or I assert both facts”. Or, {{t|ero…moq}} would mean “I hereby ask this, XOR I hereby ask that”. | |||
That's pretty uncooperative of me: which is it that I'm asserting or asking? Like, do I expect the listener to guess? | |||
It doesn't seem to make much sense to connect our own illocutionary acts with any other logical connectives. | |||